Is Microsoft Prepping a 7-Inch Xbox Gaming Tablet?

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Watch out, iPad Mini.

By Andrew Goldfarb

Microsoft may be developing a 7-inch gaming-specific Surface tablet. According to The Verge, “multiple sources familiar with plans within Redmond” have confirmed that Microsoft is currently developing an Xbox Surface tablet that “will likely include a custom ARM processor and high-bandwidth RAM designed specifically for gaming tasks.”

The sources say that the Xbox Surface specifications leaked back in June were “accurate” and that “the final implementation is being worked on.” The tablet could reportedly be altered “to accommodate an unannounced Intel SoC” and is not being designed to run a full version of Windows, but a custom Windows kernel instead.